http://www.slate.com/articles/health_and_science/explainer/2011/10/slaughtering_horses_for_meat_is_banned_in_the_u_s_why_.html
On February 25, Brian Palmer wrote a health article talking about why Americans don't eat horse meat. TheUnited States has prohibited slaughtering horses since 2007 yet many farmers complain because only America doesn't eat horse meat. The reason is simple, we love our horses and have developed a relationship with them that doesn't allow us to eat them, even though we allow ourselves to eat pigs, cows, and chickens. Horse meat is found in France, Sweden, and man other European countries. Also, a popular view among historians is that banning horse meat helped distinguish between Christians and pagans while others believe was to save horses for times of war. People who have eaten horse meat before say it is better than beef, sweeter and more tender, while others don't think it tastes good.
Palmer's purpose for writing this article is to show awareness to the people who don't et horses and to show how it is becoming a popular meat in other countries except America. Palmer uses a lot historical facts, including countries and past kings and how eating horse or not eating horse meat evolved. He allows the reader to understand why we treat horses differently from pigs, chickens, and cows.
The summary was well written and the analysis was okay, though the second sentence is a little awkward. In the second paragraph you were able to identify one thing the author used, but it would be better to expand on other rhetorical devices used by the writer. Maybe talk more about his language, tone, who his audience was, if he was effective, sentence structure, imagery...
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